Author Archives: Philip Innes

Press Dinner Introduces New Seafood Direction At Rizzuto’s Oyster Bar & Restaurant In Westport

“Cocktails, Fresh Seafood, Pasta, Steak and Great Wine—Experience the “New” Rizzuto’s!” said the press invitation I received. Well, heck, I love all those things, I thought. Count me there! I also love all the Rizzuto’s, from the expanded original in Bethel to the chichi outlet in West Hartford’s Blue Back Square to the newest, sports-and-BBQ-orientedContinue Reading

Crazy Chicken Grill In East Hartford Offers Terrific Homestyle Mexican & Salvadoran Food

More so than any other part of Connecticut, Greater Hartford is blessed with a wealth of Latin American restaurants. Mexican eateries abound, but Salvadoran—not so much. Not that the Mexican food served isn’t terrific, but the Salvadoran side of the menu is why any lover of exotic fare should take the opportunity to try CrazyContinue Reading

Shell & Bones Oyster Bar & Grill Opens In The Old Sage American Grill Space

The folk who own the original Geronimo Tequila Bar & Southwest Grill in New Haven and its younger sibling in Fairfield have now opened Shell & Bones Oyster Bar & Grill in the City Point space that previously housed Sage American Grill & Oyster Bar and The Chart House before that. A private opening wasContinue Reading